The growing phenomenon in Gayo society is an obstacle in campaigning exclusive

breastfeeding because the community develops a unique understanding that in breast

milk there is "Dena" which is a condition where breastfeeding moms experience a kind of
disorder or disease that causes the mother can no longer breastfeed her baby. This study
aims to determine the relationship of Dena perception in breastfeeding mothers with
exclusive breastfeeding in Bener Meriah District. Dena's perception is assessed from three
variables: social habits, mother's habits, and mother's education. The design of this study
is a cross-sectional study of 329 samples. The analysis to find out and examine the
relationship between Dena perception and exclusive breastfeeding using chi-square test
and multiple regression logistic tests to test independent variables of Dena perception
most related to dependent variable in the form of exclusive breastfeeding. The
relationship between mother beliefs to Dena and education level with exclusive
breastfeeding for infants. Both statistic results are 0.01 and 0.007. Meanwhile, there was
no correlation between social habits with exclusive breastfeeding in infants with statistic
results of 0.1. In logistic regression analysis, the variable of education think is the most
dominant variable related to Exclusive Asi where the mother with low education has 1
chance not to give exclusive action to the baby. The conclusion of this research is the
variable of education is the most dominant variable with exclusive giving while social and
mother's trust to Dena has no significant relationship. Advice for the government to
continue to promote for mothers, especially mothers with low education level to be able
to always provide exclusive breast milk to the baby